It was hard, but it seemed the only sensible thing to do-- "I faced the task of working my way through college with a thankful heart, for though I pretended that I did not care, it would have been a terrible thing to have given up my life's ambition.

The thought of Adela trudging to the office hurt--it was the touch of the spur.

I needn't tell you, you can guess how I worked! People were kind.

One summer, old Doctor Inglis, whose amiable hobby it was to help young medical students, engaged me for the holidays as his chauffeur and general helper at a wage which would see me through my next term.

It seemed an unusual piece of luck, for he lived only twenty miles from my mother's home and an electric tram connected the towns.